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2013 Event - British catering firm Compass Group and Whitbread, one of the country's largest hotel chains, find horse DNA in products sold as "beef"

2013 Event - Owen Paterson, UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, convenes with British retailers and the Food Standards Agency to determine how "beef" products containing horsemeat were sold in supermarkets

2012 Event - A painting by Francis Bacon sells at Christies for 21.3 million pounds; 'The Portrait of Henrietta Moraes' is the second most valuable post-war contemporary art sold at the auction house

2012 Event - Apple, Inc. reports over 37 million iPhones and over 15 million iPads were sold during the 2011 fourth quarter; the company generated over $127 billion in revenue

2011 Event - Northern Rock bank, nationalized in 2008 by the British Government, is sold to Virgin Money for 747 million pounds

2011 Event - U.S. company Apple Inc. breaks company sales records with the release of its iPhone 4S smartphone with over 4 million units sold in 4 days

2011 Event - Jimmy Choo, a U.S. company, is sold to Labelux, a private equity firm for $800 million

2010 Event - An auction at Christie's in New York sets a record for the most expensive work of art sold at auction when it sells Pablo Picasso's 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust' for $106 million

1998 Event - Michelangelo, "Christ and the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million

1997 Event - Willem de Kooning painting, "Two Standing Women," sold for $4,182,500

1997 Death - Richard Berry, musician, singer, songwriter, wrote, 'Louie Louie', sold copyright in 1959, song has since been recorded over 1,000 times, dies at 61

1996 Death - Og Mandino, author, professional salesman, inspirational, best-selling author, wrote, 'The Greatest Salesman in the World', books have sold over 50 million copies in 25 different languages, president of Success Unlimited magazine

1995 Event - NHL Winnipeg Jets sold to Americans who plan to move them to Phoenix

1993 Event - S van Ruysdael's "Winter Landscape" sold for 705,500 pounds in London

1992 Event - 10,000,000 cellular telephone sold

1990 Event - Shoeless Joe Jackson's signature is sold for $23,100

1990 Event - "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million

1988 Event - Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million

1988 Event - Edgar Degas' "Danseresje of 14" sold for $10,120,000

1988 Event - Jasper Johns' "Diver" sold for $4,200,000

1988 Event - Jackson Pollock's "Search" sold for $4,800,000

1987 Birthday - Hilary Duff, born in Houston, Texas, actress, appeared in 'A Cinderella Story', singer, sold over 13 million albums, which include, 'Metamorphosis', 'Hilary Duff', 'Dignity'

1987 Birthday - Joss Stone, born in Dover, England, singer, actress, multi-platinum album, 'The Soul Sessions', top ten hit song, 'You Had Me', sold over 10 million albums worldwide

1986 Event - Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to U.S.

1985 Event - New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,000

1984 Birthday - Avril Lavigne, born in Belleville, Canada, singer, songwriter, albums have sold over 16 million copies, albums include, 'Let Go', 'Under My Skin', 'The Best Damn Thing'

1984 Birthday - Gareth Gates, born in Bradford, England, singer finalist on show, 'Pop Idol', sold over 3.5 million records; hit song, 'Unchained Melody', voted 'The Record of the Year' in 2002

1981 Birthday - Josh Groban, born in Los Angels, California, singer, songwriter, actor, sold nearly 20 million albums, album, 'Josh Groban' went from gold to double-platinum

1981 Birthday - Kelly Rowland, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, actress, founding member of group, Destiny's Child, sold more than 50 million albums, collaborated with Nelly on 'Dilemma' single

1980 Event - J Turners "Juliet and Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in New York City

1979 Event - 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million

1979 Birthday - Pink, born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Alecia Beth Moore, singer, songwriter, pop, punk genres, sold 30 million albums, 40 million digital singles worldwide

1979 Birthday - Norah Jones, born in Brooklyn, New York, musician, singer, jazz artist album, 'Come Away with Me', won five Grammy awards, sold more than 40 million albums worldwide

1978 Birthday - Nelly Furtado, born in Victoria, Canada, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winning song, 'I'm Like a Bird', sold over 20 million albums worldwide

1978 Birthday - Vanessa-Mae, born in Singapore, violinist, pop and classical musician, techno style music, sold over 10 million copies worldwide, earned over $64 million

1978 Birthday - Usher Raymond, born in Dallas, Texas, stage name, 'Usher', recording artist, actor, sold over 40 million albums worldwide, won five Grammy Awards, films include, 'In the Mix'

1978 Event - Guttenberg bible sold for $2,000,000 in New York City

1978 Birthday - A. J. McLean, born in West Palm Beach, Florida, born Alexander James 'Alex' McLean, musician, singer, member of the Backstreet Boys, over 130 million albums sold

1977 Birthday - Ludacris, born in Atlanta, Georgia, rapper, actor, co-founder, 'Disturbing the Peace' sold 14 million albums worldwide

1977 Event - 1st TRS-80 computer sold

1977 Event - 1st TRS-80 Model I computer sold

1976 Event - New York Nets Julius "Dr. J" Erving sold to Philadelphia 76ers

1976 Birthday - Ja Rule, born in New York City, New York, born Jeffrey Atkins, rapper, singer, actor, sold over 35 million albums worldwide, hit single, 'Livin' It Up'

1976 Birthday - Emma Bunton, born in Barnet, England, singer, songwriter, member of Spice Girls girl band, which sold over 35 million albums, nicknamed, 'Baby Spice'

1975 Birthday - Lauryn Hill, born in South Orange, New Jersey, singer, actress, won five Grammy's for 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' album, which sold over 18 million copies worldwide

1974 Birthday - Jewel, born in Payson, Utah, Jewel Kilcher, singer, guitarist, actress, musician, sold over 27 million albums worldwide, hit debut album 'Pieces of You'

1973 Event - Jackson Pollocks painting "Blue Poles" sold for $2,000,000

1973 Birthday - Anastacia, born in Chicago, Illinois, born Anastacia Lyn Newkirk, singer, songwriter, sold over 20 million albums, successful outside of the U.S.

1971 Birthday - Dido Armstrong, born in London, England, known as 'Dido', singer, songwriter, album, 'No Angel' sold over 16 million copies worldwide, 'Life for Rent' sold over 12 million copies

1971 Event - John Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed

1971 Birthday - Mariah Carey, born in Huntington, New York, singer, rhythm and blues, pop music genres, five-time Grammy award winner, sold over 62.5 million albums

1971 Birthday - Kid Rock, born in Romeo, Michigan, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winner, hits include, 'All Summer Long', 'American Bad Ass', sold over 22 million albums

1971 Birthday - Mary J. Blige, born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, also known as Brook-Lynn, singer, songwriter, record producer, rhythm and blues, soul, hip hop genres, 26-time Grammy Award nominee, has sold over 48 million albums worldwide

1970 Birthday - Chad Taylor, born in Baltimore, Maryland, musician, lead guitarist, member of the band, Live, album 'Throwing Copper', sold over 25 million records

1970 Event - Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee

1969 Event - Boston Celtics sold for an NBA record $6 million

1968 Event - Aircraft carrier Charles Doorman sold to Argentina

1968 Event - London Bridge is sold to U.S. oil company to be erected in Arizona

1967 Birthday - Faith Hill, born in Ridgeland, Mississippi, singer, country music, sold 40 million records, hits include, 'This Kiss', appeared in 'The Stepford Wives', married to Tim McGraw

1967 Birthday - Tim McGraw, born in Delhi, Louisiana, singer, actor, sold over 40 million albums and singles, famous songs include, 'I Like It, I Love It', married to singer, Faith Hill

1967 Event - New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day)

1965 Birthday - Moby, born in Harlem, New York, Richard Melville Hall, singer, songwriter, DJ, electronica, eight top 40 songs, album, Play sold 10 million copies worldwide

1965 Birthday - Damien Hirst, born in Bristol, England, artist, richest living artist to date, 'For the Love of God' a diamond-encrusted scull sculpture, sold for 50 million pounds in 2007

1965 Event - Spaghetti-O's 1st sold

1964 Event - Netherlands last whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan

1963 Event - Beatles Book is sold out on its 1st day of sale

1963 Birthday - George Michael, born in Bushey, England, singer, songwriter, member of band Wham!, famous song, 'Careless Whisper', sold over 100 million records

1963 Event - Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors

1961 Event - 1st black light is sold

1961 Event - Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia is sold to J Schleifer Properties

1959 Birthday - Al Yankovic, born in Downey, California, singer, songwriter, satirist, won three Grammy Awards, four gold records, six platinum records, sold over 12 million albums

1959 Event - Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold

1958 Birthday - Mitch Albom, born in Passaic, New Jersey, author, screenwriter, sold over 26 million books worldwide, works include, 'Tuesdays with Morrie', 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven'

1957 Birthday - Michael Cretu, born in Bucharest, Romania, born Mihai Cretu, known as Curly M.C., Enigma project creator, sold over 50 million albums by the year 2008

1956 Event - RCA Records reports Elvis Presley sold over 10 million records

1956 Birthday - David Copperfield, born in Metuchen, New Jersey, illusionist, history's most successful commercial magician, sold over 40 million tickets, grossed over $1 billion

1956 Event - Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million

1955 Event - 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially

1954 Birthday - Constantine Phipps, born in England, Constantine Edmund Walter Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, sold Warter Priory estate in 1998 for 48 million pounds, leases Mulgrave Castle to supermodel Elle MacPherson

1954 Birthday - F. R. David, born in Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia, singer, band member of French rock band, Les Variations, hit 'Words', 1982, sold eight million records worldwide

1952 Event - False fingernails 1st sold

1951 Birthday - John Mellencamp, born in Seymour, Indiana, singer, songwriter, sold over 40 million albums worldwide, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, hits include, 'Jack & Diane'

1950 Birthday - Nora Roberts, born in Silver Spring, Maryland, author, wrote 165 romance novels, Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame inductee, sold over 280 million books

1949 Birthday - Ken Follet, born in Cardiff, Wales, author, sold over 100 million copies of books including 'The Key to Rebecca', 'World Without End'

1949 Event - 1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 in New York City

1948 Event - 1st Polaroid camera sold

1948 Birthday - Shakti Gawain, author, personal development expert, environmentalist, wrote series of successful books, including 'Creative Visualization' and 'Creating True Prosperity', books have sold over 10 million copies, co-founder, New World Library Publishing Company

1948 Event - 1st Polaroid camera was sold in US

1948 Event - 1st tape recorder sold

1947 Birthday - John C. Maxwell, born in Garden City, Michigan, evangelical Christian, author, pastor, speaker, leadership expert, wrote over 50 books on leadership, sold over 13 million copies including 'Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow'

1946 Event - 1st electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50

1946 Birthday - Cher, born in El Centro, California, born Cherilyn Sarkisian, singer, songwriter, director, record producer, won Academy Award, sold over 100 million records

1945 Event - New York Yankees sold by Ruppert estate to Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping, &

1940 Event - 1st nylon stockings sold in U.S.

1939 Birthday - Ken Blanchard, born in Orange, New Jersey, author, professional speaker, management expert, co-wrote, 'The One Minute Manager' with Spencer Johnson, sold over 13 million copies in 37 languages, wrote more than 30 successful books

1936 Event - St. Louis Browns sold to Donald L Barnes and William O DeWitt

1935 Birthday - Richard Berry, born in Extension, Louisiana, musician, singer, songwriter, wrote, 'Louie Louie', sold copyright in 1959, song has since been recorded over 1,000 times

1935 Event - 1st canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale," is sold by Kruger Brewing Co

1934 Birthday - Gordon Getty, born in San Francisco, California, fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, sold Getty Oil to Texaco, became classical music composer, contributes to the San Francisco Opera

1934 Event - While Washington player-mgr Joe Cronin honeymoons with Mildred Robertson owner Clark Griffith's niece and adopted daughter, he is sold to Red Sox

1933 Event - Frankford Yellowjackets sold, rechristened Philadelphia Eagles

1929 Death - Mary MacLane, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month, dies at age 48, in Chicago, Illinois

1929 Birthday - John Naisbitt, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, author, public speaker, futures studies, wrote, 'Megatrends', 1982, sold over 9 million copies in 57 countries, special assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson

1927 Birthday - Dieter Noll, born in Riesa, Germany, writer, wrote two-volume novel Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt, over two million copies sold, volume one used as East German school curriculum

1927 Event - 1st Model A Fords sold, for $385

1926 Birthday - Louise L. Hay, born in Los Angeles, California, motivational author, professional speaker, self-help and motivational writer, 'You Can Heal Your Life', 1984, on the New York Times Bestseller list, sold 35 million copies in 30 languages, made into movie of the same title, founder, Hay House Publishing

1926 Event - Land at Broadway and Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch

1923 Event - Yankees pitcher Carl Mays sold to Reds for $85,000

1923 Birthday - Og Mandino, born in Italy, author, professional salesman, inspirational, best-selling author, wrote, 'The Greatest Salesman in the World', books have sold over 50 million copies in 25 different languages, president of Success Unlimited magazine

1918 Event - NHL's Quebec Bulldogs sold to a Toronto businessman P J Quinn

1916 Birthday - Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald

1909 Event - 1st U.S. airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5,000

1907 Event - 1st Christmas Seals sold (Wilmington Del post office)

1899 Event - Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000

1898 Event - 1st automobile sold

1898 Birthday - Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker, Jr., Dutch actor, Sold Grandpa

1893 Birthday - Daan Boens, Flemish poet, Man who sold his Wife

1881 Birthday - Mary MacLane, born in Winnipeg, Canada, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month

1879 Event - Milk was sold in glass bottles for 1st time

1878 Event - Vaseline is 1st sold (registered trademark for petroleum jelly)

1873 Event - Postal cards sold in San Francisco for 1st time

1866 Event - Bedrich Smetana's "Verkaufte Braut" (Sold Bride), premieres

1864 Event - Confederate cruiser The Georgia sold to The English

1849 Event - Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (New York City); sold rights for $100

1843 Event - "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold

1804 Event - Suriname sold to English, until February, 1816

1662 Event - Charles II of England sold Dunkirk to France

1430 Event - Joan of Arc is captured at Compiegne and sold to the British

1391 Event - Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surounds and sets fire to Jewish quarter of Seville Spain, surviving Jews sold into slavery

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